Refrigerated storage of red deer epididymal spermatozoa in the epididymis, diluted and with vitamin c supplementation

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 212-220

  Fernandez Santos M R ^a   Dominguez Rebolledo A E ^a   Esteso, M C ^a   Garde, J J ^a   Martinez Pastor F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; COLD; CYTOLOGY; DEER; EPIDIDYMIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CELL SURVIVAL; COLD TEMPERATURE; DEER; EPIDIDYMIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SOLUTIONS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA;

CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 62549103816     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2007.01032.x     Document Type: Article

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